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Watson smashes record of 185 with 15 sixes

Posted By firdosh31 on Apr 11, 2011   FROM: abc.net.au report abuse
Watson smashes record of 185 with 15 sixes

Australian opener Shane Watson would have on Monday become only the second player after Sachin Tendulkar to score a double hundred in an ODI.

The Aussie opener Shane Watson has broken Harschelle Gibbs's record for the most runs scored in boundreis in an ODI.

Watson's 15x6's was also an ODI record, surpassing West Indian Xavier Marshall who was the previous record-holder with 12 sixes, against Canada in 2008.

Chasing 230 to win, Watson's 185 not out of just 96 balls ensured that the visitors got to the total in 26th overs, winning by nine wickets.

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